Display-box



S. C. YEOMANS DISPLAY BOX.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 21, 1919.

1,363,298, Patented Dec. 28,1920.

ATTORNEYS UNITED sraresm SIDNEY C. YEOMANS, OLE LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA.

DISPLAY-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 28, 1920.

Application led June 21, 1919. Serial No. 305,740.

fo @ZZ whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, SIDNEY C. YnoMANs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Long Beach, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Display-Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates essentially to a display box in which a swinging card or panel having printed matter thereon is positioned to advertise and to designate the articles packed in the box.

The invention is designed to provide a readily manipulatable display card arranged to swlng upward when displaying the goods or to swing over onto the top of the box when the goods are not exhibited.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide the back of the card with a sliding bolt for securely holding the card in its vertical position.

The novel features of the invention are more fully described in the following specification and claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a box embodying this invention.

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the display card swung downward.

Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a similar view of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a horizontal section taken along the line 5-5 of Fig. 3.

In the drawing the numeral 10 designates a box preferably made of a single sheet of cardboard. The box is formed with a bottom extension 11 bent upward to constitute the end of the box. Adjacent to the end wall is arranged an inner wall or partition formed by bending the side extensions or flaps 12 at right angles to the side wall, best seen in Fig. 5. The box is adapted to contain small packages of medicinal tablets, candy. or chewing gum and is placed on a counter or in other conspicuous places to show the articles.

Between the two walls is arranged a card 13 having a scored line 14 to form the hinge or turning point of the card. The lower portion of the card is preerably glued to the walls. The ilaps 12 are glued to the outer end wall and to the card, in order to .stiften the end of the box and prevent the card from getting loose.

A Hat bolt l5 is slidingly guided on the back of the card by means of a strip of fabric 16 glued to the card. The bolt is made of celluloid and the lower portion passes through a slit 17 located in the card. The bolt is provided with a head 18 so that it can be conveniently grasped and moved up or down.

When it is desired to exhibit the goods in the box the card is swung upwardly as indicated in Figs. 1 and 3 and the bolt is slid downwardly until the tail end engages the inner wall. The bolt thus stiftens the cardA at the hinge joint eifectively preventing it from collapsing and holding it in a rigid vertical position. In this position the printed matter on the front of the card can be seen by an observer and the packages in the box are accessible. While the box is displayed a cover 19 as shown in Fig. 1 is inverted and placed on the bottom of the box.

When it is desired to close the box the bolt is drawn upward with its tail end beyond the hinge joint, releasing the bolt from the inner wall, best seen in Fig. 4, and the card is swung over with the turning point at the score. The card swings down onto the top of the box and practically covers the articles in the box. The cover can be placed onto the top of the box in the usual way when the box is transported or stored away. As shown in the drawing, the inner wall 12, is of less height than the outer wall so that when the card 13 is positionedA on top of the articles in the box, the upper surface of the card will be on a plane with the top of the outer wall 11 so as to give clearance room for the cover.

1. A display box having an inner and outer end wall, a iiexible swinging display card connected to the walls, and a bolt slidingly arranged on the card made to engage the wall for holding the card in a fixed position.

2. A display box having an inner and outer end wall, a swinging display card secured between the walls, and a bolt slidingly arranged on the back of the card coacting with the inner wall to hold the card in a fixed vertical position.

3. A display box having an inner and outer end Wall, a swinging display card having a slit secured between the Walls, and a bolt slidingly arranged on the back of the card projecting through the slit for engagement With the inner Wall to hold the card in a fixed vertical position.

4. A display box having an inner andy outer Wall, a display card mounted between the Walls With a hinge joint above the inner Wall, and a bolt slidingly arranged-v on the In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 15 my hand in the presence of tvvo subscribing Witnesses.

SIDNEY C. YEOMANS.

Witnesses:

KATHARINE S. KEANE, WILLIAM MILLER. 

